{"product_id":"virtuous-war-james-der-derian-9780415772389","title":"Virtuous War: Mapping the Military-Industrial-Media-Entertainment Network","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVirtuous War \u003c\/em\u003eis the first book to map the emergence and judge the consequences of a new military-industrial-media-entertainment network. James Der Derian takes the reader from a family history of war and genocide to new virtual battlespaces in the Mojave Desert, Silicon Valley, Hollywood and American universities. He tracks the convergence of cyborg technologies, video games, media spectacles, war movies, and do-good ideologies that produced a chimera of high-tech, low-risk 'virtuous wars'. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this newly updated edition, he reveals how a misguided faith in virtuous war to right the wrongs of the world instead paved the way for a flawed response to 9\/11 and a disastrous war in Iraq. Blinded by virtue, emboldened by technological superiority, seized by a mimetic terror, the US blundered from one foreign fiasco to the next. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking the long view as well as getting up close to the war machine, \u003cem\u003eVirtuous War\u003c\/em\u003e provides a compelling alternative to the partisan politics, instant analysis and technical fixes that currently bedevil US national security policy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Der Derian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415772389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415772389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"James Der Derian","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153010012415,"sku":"9780415772389","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_652976ac-5ad2-4551-a094-44d4f71cad93.jpg?v=1770780680","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/virtuous-war-james-der-derian-9780415772389","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}